Tortula truncata (Hedw.) Mitt.
(Common Pottia)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTortula truncata (Common Pottia)
GenusTortula (a genus of pottia and screw-mosses)
FamilyPOTTIACEAE (beard-. beardless, earth-, pottia, stubble-, crispy- and screw-mosses)
OrderDICRANALES (pocket, fork and dog-tooth mosses)
SubclassEUBRYIDEAE (acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)
ClassBRYOPSIDA (mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tortula truncata (Common Pottia) :
1: Tortula truncata (Common Pottia)
1 Feb 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in field
Image 1: Sporophytes - old - top view - enlargedImage 2: Sporophytes - side view - enlargedImage 3: Leaf cells - near apex - magnifiedImage 4: Leaf - magnifiedImage 5: Leaf tip - magnifiedImage 6: Spores - magnified

Tortula truncata (Common Pottia) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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